Baek Geon-woo's Side: "Yoon Jeong-hee Neglected? She Is Living Comfortably" ... Rebuttal to Blue House Petition

Pianist Baek Geon-woo and actress Yoon Jeong-hee couple.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Eun-young] An acquaintance of actress Yoon Jeong-hee (real name Son Mi-ja, 77), who is suffering from Alzheimer's dementia, and her husband Baek Gun-woo have refuted a Blue House national petition claiming that she has been neglected by her spouse and daughter in France.

On the 7th, an acquaintance who has known Yoon Jeong-hee for over 20 years told Yonhap News in an interview, "The petition content is 100% false," adding, "There is a caregiver at the (French) house, and I understand that she spent last Christmas with her daughter and grandchildren."

He continued, "Her daughter lives right next door, so close that she can hear musical instrument playing," and said, "The daughter even recorded Yoon Jeong-hee waving her hand after hearing the instrument sound in the morning and sent it to Mr. Baek (Gun-woo)."

Baek Gun-woo's domestic agency 'Vincero' also refuted the claim through a statement on the same day, calling it "a false and baseless assertion."

Vincero stated, "The dispute that began when Yoon Jeong-hee (real name Son Mi-ja) returned to Paris on May 1, 2019, was concluded with the appellant's loss in the Paris Court of Appeal's final ruling in November 2020," adding, "(Yoon Jeong-hee) lives in an environment close to her family, in an apartment right next to her daughter's, rather than in a nursing hospital where she would have to live far from her family."

They further explained, "(Yoon Jeong-hee) is living under the warm care of Baek Gun-woo's family and a caregiver appointed by the court, and contrary to the post's content, she is receiving regular doctor visits and treatment and living comfortably," and stated, "The limited phone calls and visitation appointments mentioned in the petition are all decided under the court's ruling."

Lastly, they said, "Yoon Jeong-hee needs a comfortable and stable situation," and requested, "She does not want her private life to be fully exposed just because she is a public figure. We ask that all acts that damage the dignity and honor of the artist and her family cease immediately."

On the 5th, a petition asking to save actress Yoon Jeong-hee was posted on the Blue House National Petition Board. [Image source = Screenshot of the Blue House National Petition Board]

Earlier, on the 5th, a post titled "Please save actress Yoon Jeong-hee, who is fading away day by day, isolated from the outside world" was uploaded on the Blue House national petition board.

The petitioner claimed that Yoon Jeong-hee is separated from her husband and is not receiving care from her spouse, stating, "She is battling Alzheimer's and diabetes alone in an apartment on the outskirts of Paris, and her husband, who has lived for decades in Vincennes, a suburb of Paris, refuses to enter the house and avoids his wife."

They added, "Although her daughter lives nearby, she is busy with her job and family life and cannot properly take care of her mother," and said, "She is living alone, neglected by her immediate family?her spouse and daughter. She cannot even go outside by herself and is living like in a prison."

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